Ingredients:
1 each broilerr-fryer chicken,cutup
1 pepper
2 qt water
1 each green bell pepper,lg,chopped
2 each bay leaves
3/4 cup flour,all-purpose
4 each garlic cloves,minced
1 cayenne pepper to taste
1/2 each lemon,sliced/seeded
1/2 cup white wine,dry
1 rice,hot cooked
1 salt
1 vegetable shortening
2 cup celery,minced
3 each green onions,chopped
1 can mushrooms,undrained(8oz)
2 each onions,large,minced
1 can tomato paste(6oz)
12 each green olives,large(opt)
1/2 cup parsley,fresh,minced
1 spaghetti,hot cooked
Instructions:
1. Season chicken liberally with salt and pepper.
2. Melt 1/4 cup shortening in large Dutch oven and saute chicken until
brown on all sides.
3. Add water, celery, bell pepper, green onion, bay leaves, and
mushrooms sauce; simmer.
4. In saucepan, melt 3/4 cup shortening; add flour and cook slowly
until dark brown, stirring constantly.
5. Add minced onions and garlic; saute until translucent, stirring
constantly.
6. Add tomato paste and cook until thick.
7. Transfer this mixture to Dutch oven and bring to a boil; reduce
heat and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours, or until chicken is tender and
sauce is thick.
8. Add water is sauce thickens before chicken is done; stir
occasionally to keep from sticking.
9. During last 30 minutes, add salt, cayenne pepper (the more
cayenne, the more "piquant" the gravy will be), mushrooms, olives,
lemon and parsley.
10. Just before serving, add wine.
11. Serve over spaghetti or hot fluffy rice.
Servings: 8
Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting
Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.
Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.
"It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then." - Lyle Lovett
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